Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins

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Nobel laureate biochemist human

Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins was an English biochemist and Nobel laureate renowned for discovering essential nutrients later known as vitamins and for pioneering the field of nutritional biochemistry.

Aliases (2)

Frederick Gowland Hopkins ×50
Frederick Hopkins ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nobel laureate → biochemist → human →
awardReceived	Copley Medal → Knight Bachelor → Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine → Royal Medal →
coRecipientWith	Christiaan Eijkman →
countryOfCitizenship	England → United Kingdom →
dateOfBirth	1861-06-20 →
dateOfDeath	1947-05-16 →
discovered	essential amino acid tryptophan →
educatedAt	Guy's Hospital Medical School → University of London →
employer	University of Cambridge →
familyName	Hopkins →
fieldOfWork	biochemistry → nutritional biochemistry → physiological chemistry →
founded	School of Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge →
givenName	Frederick →
honorificPrefix	Sir →
knownFor	discovery of essential dietary factors later called vitamins → isolation of tryptophan → pioneering nutritional biochemistry → work on accessory food factors →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	Order of Merit → Royal Society →
middleName	Gowland →
nobelPrizeCategory	Physiology or Medicine →
nobelPrizeMotivation	for the discovery of vitamins stimulating growth →
nobelPrizeYear	1929 →
notableStudent	Albert Szent-Györgyi → Joseph Needham →
occupation	biochemist → university teacher →
placeOfBirth	Eastbourne → England → Sussex →
placeOfDeath	Cambridge → Cambridgeshire → England →
positionHeld	president of the Royal Society → professor of biochemistry →
sexOrGender	male →
studied	relationship between diet and growth → vitamins →
workLocation	Cambridge →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Emmanuel College, Cambridge →	alumnus
Ascension Parish Burial Ground, Cambridge →	hasGraveOf
Christiaan Eijkman →	sharesAwardWith
tryptophan ("Frederick Hopkins") →	wasFirstIsolatedBy